41.3% ▲ +9.6%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.6%
- 2016: 35.4%
- 2021: 41.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Alabama Hill · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Alabama Hill
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Alabama Hill have remained relatively steady over the last decade, though school completion is low. Only 41.3% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This lack of high school completion is a defining feature of the area's educational profile.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the Queensland figure at 41.3%. This is lower than most similar areas, with about 25% of residents finishing Year 10 and 21.3% leaving school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Alabama Hill, the largest group is Year 12 at 44%, followed by Year 10 (27%) and Year 9 or below (23%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 15.0% of the population. This is well below the Queensland average and far below the national figure, though it sits around the middle for similar areas.
15.0% ▲ +45.0%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In Alabama Hill, Bachelor degree is the majority at 55%; Certificate III / IV is next at 45%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common field is Education at 17.5%. Engineering and Society and Culture both account for 7.5% of qualifications.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has more schools within 3 km than about 79% of similar places, with the typical school being much larger than most. However, these schools have a much lower advantage score than most areas.
7
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools serving the area — within 3 km of small areas, or inside larger ones. A measure of access (catchments overlap, so don't add it across areas).
563
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
932
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Alabama Hill
7 schools — 3,938 students, average ICSEA 932.
By sector: Government 5 · Independent 1 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 3 · Secondary 2 · Combined 2
| Charters Towers State High School, Charters Towers City | Government | Secondary | 1.1 km | 303 | 879 |
| Charters Towers Central State School, Charters Towers City | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 113 | 859 |
| Blackheath and Thornburgh College, Charters Towers | Independent | Combined | 1.6 km | 379 | 965 |
| Charters Towers School of Distance Education, Millchester | Government | Combined | 2.2 km | 2,395 | 948 |
| Millchester State School, Millchester | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 132 | 855 |
| Richmond Hill State School, Richmond Hill | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 191 | 854 |
| Columba Catholic College, Charters Towers | Catholic | Secondary | 3.4 km | 425 | 926 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Alabama Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30019/alabama-hill/topic/education